Wheel-guard.



ARTHUR A. BLENNERHASSETT,

JOSEPH HODGSON, or TORONTO,

0F FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOE TO ONTARIO, CANADA.

WHEEL-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Application filed January 13, 1915. Serial No. 2,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. BLENNER- HASSETT, residing at Fort Villiam, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVheel-Guards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to wheel guards.

In order to more clearly disclose the construction, operations, and use of the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the present application.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings like reference characters designate the same parts.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device as used; Fig. 2 is a front view; and Fig. 3 is a side perspective view.

The main objects of the invention are to provide a neat, efficient, durable, and easily applied guard for wheels of street cars and the like, which will effectually prevent the wheels from passing over persons knocked down by the car, and which can be produced at a very low cost.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates the truck frame mounted on the usual journal box 2 of the axle of wheel 3. Along the under side of frame 1 there is securely bolted an iron bar 4 the outer end of which extends beneath the journal box 2. To the outer end of this bar the guard 5 is bolted. The guard comprises a flat bar of steel about three inches wide by one-half inch thick, which is bent inwardly, near its front end, as at 6 as to pass in front of wheel 3. The portion of the bar in front of the wheel is bent downwardly and inwardly, and upwardly, to form a triangular head 7 open at its upper corner as at 8. The hypotenuse 9, as will be noted, is arched,

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to correspond to the arch of the wheel. When the guard is in position the triangle is in exact alinement with the wheel and several inches in front thereof, and travels a very slight distance above the rail 10. Any body which falls on the rail 10 will be encountered by the guard 5 and pushed to one side, out of the way of wheels 3, as will be evident. The bend 6 gives it a certain amount of spring, but the greatest resiliency is due to the open triangular head 7. The upper bend of the triangle, and the opening at 8 permit a great deal of give, usually sufficient to prevent serious injury to bodies struck thereby. In the case of a very heavy object, after the opening 8 is closed the arched side 9 permits a certain amount of give, under heavy pressure.

If desired, instead of the bar 4 being provided, the guard 5 may be bolted directly to the journal box 2, as will be evident.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and use of the invention will be clear from the preceding detailed description.

Changes may be made in the construction, arrangement, and disposition of the several parts of the invention without in any way departing from the field and scope of the same, and it is meant to include all such within this application wherein only a preferred form has been disclosed.

What I claim as my invention is:

In combination with a truck frame and a journal box, a bar secured to the under face of the said frame and extending beneath the said journal box, and a wheel guard carried thereby comprising a bar offset near its front end and bent downwardly and inwardly and curved upwardly to form a triangular head, the end of the upwardly curved portion being free.

ARTHUR A. BLENNERHASSETT.

Witnesses MAY LAW, LIZZIE MoKINNoN.

Commissioner of Eatents, 

